Joining Dons will help me get over my failed trials as a teen

SAYS STUART ARMSTRONG

- By Anthony Brown

SCOTLAND international Stuart Armstrong is excited about finally getting the chance to play for Aberdeen, two decades after they rejected an opportunity to sign him.

The 33-year-old midfielder joined the Dons on a two-year contract on Tuesday after being a free agent since leaving Sheffield Wednesday at the end of last season.

Armstrong was born in Inverness but attended Hazlehead Academy in Aberdeen and played for Dyce Boys Club in the city before having an ill-fated trial with the Reds.

"I've not been here [in Aberdeen] in a long time, actually," said Armstrong.

"I started playing football here when I was younger, Dyce Boys Club, I was there for years, so I've gone the long way around and come back to kind of make it full circle in a football sense, which is a nice feeling.